“When St. Vincent’s hospital finally swings a wrecking ball at the O’Toole Building–the endearingly awkward, formerly white, three-layered stack with tear-off perforations and protruding upper floors on Seventh Avenue and West 12th Street–it will be for the greater good of Greenwich Village. The medical tower that rises in its place will serve the community and fortify the hospital’s tottering finances. But this improvement comes at the cost of eccentricity.”